Fall 2026

Hormones, Brain, and Behavior

Introduces how hormones and neurotransmitters shape brain and behavior in animals and humans.

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Summary

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Historical reviews of Anthony Auger: The course features three exams worth 25% each, requiring significant memorization of dense biological content that moves quickly.

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Prerequisites

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PSYCH 406, 413, 414, 449, 450, 454, or ZOOLOGY/​PSYCH 523

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Professors

Fall 2026

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Historical instructors & teaching patterns

Historical reviews of Anthony Auger: Anthony Auger receives polarized reviews; some praise his organization and care, while others criticize his lectures as politically charged or lacking evidence. Reviewers note he moves fast and requires careful note-taking, though his exams are generally considered fair and manageable with review videos.

ANTHONY P AUGER is recorded teaching in Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

CATHERINE MARLER is recorded teaching in Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2022, Spring 2024, Spring 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Calendar & sections

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Student experience

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Historical reviews of Anthony Auger: Anthony Auger is described as organized and caring, with clear lectures that some students found engaging and easy to pass.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.28 GPA, 60.7% A/AB (n=145 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.47 GPA, 72.3% A/AB (n=173 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.42 GPA, 69.7% A/AB (n=175 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Historical reviews of Anthony Auger: The course features three exams worth 25% each, requiring significant memorization of dense biological content that moves quickly.

Historical reviews of Catherine Marler: Catherine Marler’s lectures are characterized as boring and dense, with exams covering minute details that students found unfair.

Topics

  • Hormonal shaping of brain sex differences and juvenile/adult behavior.
  • Hormonal influence on sexual behavior and human sex differences.
  • Hormonal effects on competitive, affiliative, and stress behaviors, and epigenetics.

Skills

  • Reviewing mechanisms of hormonal influence on brain sex differences and behavior.
  • Examining hormonal influence on sexual behavior using animal models and human applications.
  • Analyzing hormonal impacts on competitive, affiliative, and stress-related behaviors, and epigenetic variation.

Grades

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About this comparison

1283 courses over the same term, each with at least 30 recorded letter grades. Cross-listed courses count once. GPA is not a measure of difficulty or teaching quality. The typical course is the median by recorded grade count; tied values are not counted as lower. Grade counts describe course scale, not unique students or typical section size.

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Sources & history

UW–Madison

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nvidia/Qwen3.6-35B-A3B-NVFP4
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